SHOCK JESUS DISCOVERY: Burial slab Christ was laid in Jerusalem

Monday, November 21, 2016 12:00

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SHOCK JESUS DISCOVERY: Burial slab Christ was laid in Jerusalem

SHOCK JESUS DISCOVERY: Burial slab on which ‘Christ was laid to rest’ FOUND in Jerusalem.A MAJOR Biblical artefact has been unearthed as archaeologists claim to have discovered the stone Jesus Christ was placed on following his death. Restoration workers who were plying their trade on the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem stumbled upon the rock surface which Jesus was apparently rested upon. The slab has not been seen since 1555 when it was enclosed in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre which contains the Tomb of Christ. Christians claim following his crucifixion, Jesus was laid on the slab, or “burial bed” and enclosed in a tomb before being resurrected and ascending to Heaven several days later. Centuries later, followers of Christ took the slab to what is now the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where it has remained hidden since 1555.However, renovation on the building, which last took place between 1808 and 1810 following a fire at the site, has helped archaeologists rediscover the slab that Christ was said to have been laid to rest on.